Barry Bordelon, the former Jefferson Parish Housing Authority director who resigned under fire last month after a critical federal audit, has been rehired by the agency, according to a parish official. Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts said he learned Wednesday that Bordelon had been rehired as a maintenance supervisor by the authority's assistant director, who worked for him during his tenure. "What we're told is he was hired by his former assistant director and was put on the payroll,'' Roberts said. "It looks horrible. Hopefully, it triggers further scrutiny to get to the bottom of the issue.''

WVUE Fox 8 reported Wednesday that Bordelon had been hired in the maintenance department.

Bordelon resigned Aug. 10, just days after the Parish Council called for the Housing Authority's governing board to fire him. The council also called for the resignations of Board Chairman Patrick Pierson and board members Hunley Dufour Jr. and William H. Boada Sr. After the men declined to respond to the council's request, officials have taken legal measures to have them declared in neglect of their duty.

An inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development questioned hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenditures in an audit of $3.6 million in federal money from October 2008 through September 2011. The findings included $100,000 in payments to board members to attend meetings and $6,000 in charges to the authority's credit card made by Bordelon, including $1,170 for meals and entertainment.

The inspector general called for the agency to repay $202,000 in suspect costs and another $450,000 in expenses in which documentation was lacking.

In tendering his resignation, Bordelon, who is not the same Barry Bordelon who served on the Jefferson Parish School Board and as a Parish Council aide, denied wrongdoing.

Neither Bordelon nor Pierson could be reached for comment Thursday. Neither could a representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's New Orleans office.